Gotta blast “Garden” when I get home, that song contains so much.
He’s the young generation dancing troupe, trying to perform country and western(Do a dance here)
He knew the evil of the phoneHe knew the evil of the phoneThe bells stopped on Sunday when he rose The bells, stopped, on Sunday, when HE rose!
― JoeStork, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 21:33 (six years ago) link
"feel sad, but stand up."
in smoking and drinking years he had to be about 400, no? which is why i'm not shocked i guess. though i don't know what his final illness was.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 21:34 (six years ago) link
xp to LBI Gideon Coe playing lots of Fall on 6Music now, public service broadcasting...
― Thomas NAGL (Neil S), Wednesday, 24 January 2018 21:36 (six years ago) link
A magnificent rebus, like Dylan on the wrong meds. (and a brief nod to Von Südenfed, one of my great faves)
― attention vampire (MatthewK), Wednesday, 24 January 2018 21:36 (six years ago) link
yes that Von Südenfed album is fantastic
― Thomas NAGL (Neil S), Wednesday, 24 January 2018 21:38 (six years ago) link
"I will leave this fucking dump".
Sorry it's impossible to listen to the Fall and not quote every other line.
― Whiney Houston (Tom D.), Wednesday, 24 January 2018 21:38 (six years ago) link
I really need that Von Südenfed record, thanks for reminder
― sleeve, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 21:39 (six years ago) link
xxxp - part of the charm. almost felt like he'd conquered death, the way he lived
was always surprised by how *young* he was, compared to the way he looked
hard to process this one. dude was so brilliant, can't think of another lyricist quite like him, and I was always amazed how seamlessly The Fall were able to transition from one era to the next
― frogbs, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 21:39 (six years ago) link
Even if your granny shows up with some bongos, it still won’t be The Fall. R.I.P.
― spastic heritage, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 21:39 (six years ago) link
http://open.spotify.com/user/bentelec/playlist/7tbIoONKtyQtSsrsnzD0VQ
A spotify playlist, from the ILX tracks/ballot
― Mark G, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 21:41 (six years ago) link
"I will leave this fucking dump".Sorry it's impossible to listen to the Fall and not quote every other line.
― Fizzles, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 21:44 (six years ago) link
xp Neil, ta, blasting it now
― ♫ very clever with maracas.jpg ♫ (Le Bateau Ivre), Wednesday, 24 January 2018 21:46 (six years ago) link
The greatest lyricist in musical history, to such an extent that the word ‘lyrics’ is unfit to describe what he did. Other than miles, probably the greatest assembler-of-performers-into-something-unforeseeable there ever was.
These are close to my exact thoughts (expressed better than I could have done). He was a true "visionary" -- as overused as that term may be -- who realized his vision over & over, in a way that made both the expression, and the intent behind the expression, seem entirely sui generis.
I hope he's walking back among us soon, in an expanded / remastered / dodgy-label 2CD version. RIP forever...
― absorbed carol channing's powers & psyche (morrisp), Wednesday, 24 January 2018 21:46 (six years ago) link
The longer late album cuts, like Couples vs. Jobless, Weather Report, Blindness, 50 Year Old Man, Dr. Bucks' Letter are probably my favorite mode of MES songwriting. Those songs are tunnels to get lost in. You emerge at the end and it's a different day.
― Mungolian Jerryset (bendy), Wednesday, 24 January 2018 21:47 (six years ago) link
xP.S. -- if indeed "There are twelve people in the world / The rest are paste" -- I think we were just left with only 11...
― absorbed carol channing's powers & psyche (morrisp), Wednesday, 24 January 2018 21:48 (six years ago) link
"Stop eating all that chocolate. Eat salad instead. In fact, you're a half-wit."
― ♫ very clever with maracas.jpg ♫ (Le Bateau Ivre), Wednesday, 24 January 2018 21:50 (six years ago) link
He was the first To wear an idiotic jacket In the pub
― Winter. Dickens. Yes. (Jon not Jon), Wednesday, 24 January 2018 21:50 (six years ago) link
From the "Record Collection Rock" thread, 2018.
the fall were maybe the pioneers in this field, they obviously borrowed from a whole host of cool but also not-so-cool influences, but then again they don't really fit because it never seemed like just a shallow exercise in showing off what hip records they were into
MES, "New Puritan", 1980.
I curse your preoccupationWith your record collectionNew puritan has no time It's only music, John
― Whiney Houston (Tom D.), Wednesday, 24 January 2018 21:51 (six years ago) link
“i’m at the barrier between writer and singer” printhead
― Fizzles, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 21:51 (six years ago) link
typical of course for him to see it gleefully as a barrier.
― Fizzles, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 21:54 (six years ago) link
Who tells you whatTo tape on your vid. chipHow do you know the progs you missAre worse than those you single out?And what'll you do when the rental's up?And your bottom rack is full of vidsOf programs you will nay look atThe way they act is, oh, sheer delightCardboard copyrightMake it right
― ♫ very clever with maracas.jpg ♫ (Le Bateau Ivre), Wednesday, 24 January 2018 21:54 (six years ago) link
poetry FFS
― Thomas NAGL (Neil S), Wednesday, 24 January 2018 21:55 (six years ago) link
mystical magical ranter, rest in peace.
― brimstead, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 21:58 (six years ago) link
More from Riley tomorrow on M6 I hear. Have to feel for the lad a bit, he did a proper job earlier tonight. MES said this about him in his last interview:
"Years ago you told me you were offered a BBC 6Music show, would you like to do one yet?No, I’d love to do radio but think of the politics involved. I mean they have Guy fucking Garvey on, don’t they? It’s the kiss of death. Imagine having to say hello to Marc Riley every day. "
― ♫ very clever with maracas.jpg ♫ (Le Bateau Ivre), Wednesday, 24 January 2018 22:01 (six years ago) link
how flair is punished
― bhad and bhabie (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 24 January 2018 22:02 (six years ago) link
i think he, they get it? i mean they would have got and did get far far worse.grotesque so otm as an album. “The grotesque peasants stalk the landAnd deep down inside you know everybody wants to like big companies...”
― Fizzles, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 22:03 (six years ago) link
Cheers for the heads up Neil S
― piscesx, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 22:06 (six years ago) link
Jesus Christ, "C n' C/ Stop Mithering"!!!!!!! You could be here all night quoting from that one.
― Whiney Houston (Tom D.), Wednesday, 24 January 2018 22:07 (six years ago) link
"ted rogers brains burn in hell"
― calzino, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 22:07 (six years ago) link
posted on the other thread
as someone who always feels a little bit weird abt public grief over celebrities I have to say I feel fucking devastated and honestly don;t know what to do with myself
an inferno of a human being and a monster poet who shaped my perspective from a young age and more than any other artist hot wired my brain and inspired me to keep moving sideways
I'm so full of gratitude to him for refusing to ever rest in peace. I hope that now he can.
― Empire Burl Ives (Hadrian VIII), Wednesday, 24 January 2018 22:07 (six years ago) link
Fucking Echo + the Bunnymen never put Ted Rogers brains in hell.
― calzino, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 22:09 (six years ago) link
Currently blasting Bend Sinister and marvelling once more at how brilliant it is.
― Full of bile and Blue Nile denial (Turrican), Wednesday, 24 January 2018 22:10 (six years ago) link
a new face in heaven
― J. Sam, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 22:12 (six years ago) link
haha are you sure? he might be having more fun in hell
― sleeve, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 22:13 (six years ago) link
always amused at the anecdote about Mark blasting James Murphy for basing "Losing My Edge" off a Von Sudenfed track (even though the VS track came out a few years later), when in reality it was LCD ripping off Killing Joke who were inspired by The Fall
― frogbs, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 22:13 (six years ago) link
i can't believe there is never going to be another fall record
what the fuck
― Empire Burl Ives (Hadrian VIII), Wednesday, 24 January 2018 22:16 (six years ago) link
― Fizzles, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 22:17 (six years ago) link
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think they have another record in the can actually
― #TeamHailing (imago), Wednesday, 24 January 2018 22:18 (six years ago) link
also may he live on in an endless run of spuriously sourced live recordings released on labels no one has ever heard of, as above so below
― bhad and bhabie (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 24 January 2018 22:21 (six years ago) link
This recent interview was bit of the balm I needed
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/jan/24/final-interview-with-mark-e-smith-the-fall-people-still-cross-the-road-from-me
― chr1sb3singer, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 22:26 (six years ago) link
hating Elton John until the end, good man
― Thomas NAGL (Neil S), Wednesday, 24 January 2018 22:28 (six years ago) link
I thought he'd live another 20 years in spite of the reports. This blows.
― trife's rich padgett (rip van wanko), Wednesday, 24 January 2018 22:30 (six years ago) link
yeah obv he has looked so awful for the past year and I get it that we should have seen it coming but I just figured he would ride out what ever this illness was and keep doing his thing
― Empire Burl Ives (Hadrian VIII), Wednesday, 24 January 2018 22:36 (six years ago) link
that philip k dick bit hahaha
― #TeamHailing (imago), Wednesday, 24 January 2018 22:38 (six years ago) link
"Arnie gets it"
― JRN, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 22:38 (six years ago) link
Might be time to retire the display name.
― righteousmaelstrom, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 22:39 (six years ago) link
"You wouldn't even know the sun was up unless there was a press release on it"was just getting into this site toohttp://annotatedfall.doomby.com/
― Dr X O'Skeleton, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 22:40 (six years ago) link
"whaddaya mean what's it mean?"
― Dr X O'Skeleton, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 22:43 (six years ago) link
LOLz. MES was so hilarious.
― Whiney Houston (Tom D.), Wednesday, 24 January 2018 22:44 (six years ago) link
Not much I can say, I'm in a weird space. Just checking in. But all that work survives and will, and Neil S "the best thing this terrible country has produced in the last 60 years" otm, otm otm for fucking ever.
― woof, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 22:45 (six years ago) link